Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

The Star and New Straits Times led with Barisan Nasional's victory over Pakatan Rakyat in the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election by a 1725-vote majority.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian also frontpaged BN's triumph in recapturing the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat from Pakatan Rakyat.

Tamil Newspapers

All three Tamil newspapers (Tamil Nesan, Makkal Osai and Malaysia Nanban) led with P Kamalanathan's victory in the Hulu Selangor by-election.

Editorial

New Straits Times highlighted the case of 54-year old Chinese citizen Wang Peng who is being deported from New Zealand to China. She is refusing to leave the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after a transit stop here, fearing persecution for being a Falun Gong practitioner.

Utusan Malaysia opined that BN's win in the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election is an endorsement of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's policies and urged BN to deliver on its campaign promises.

Berita Harian highlighted the case of Mohamed Izham Salim, 18, who is in need of a kidney. However he cannot receive one despite more than 20 individuals having come forward, due to the lack of formal channels to manage organ transplants from living individuals.

Malaysia Nanban said restrictions on visas to India is akin to cutting bonds between a child and a mother.

Makkal Osai encouraged political parties to go down to grassroots and register new voters.